Post Modernists Flashcards
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Overview
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Lyon- Freedom and individual choice
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What 2 things did Lyon say
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Speed of computer and information technology- ideas spread throughout world through globalization
Growing consumption- free to choose what to do with time, homes, bodies and god
3
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Key idea of religion
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Religion not declining but changing as society develops- rejects secularization theory
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Criticisms
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Beckford- Contradictory to say postmodernity characterized by freedom to choose and from external authority yet people seek out external authority in religious experts
Unsociological as assumes people are naturally religious and doesn’t explain why
